Salim Moin

{{Short description|Singaporean footballer and coach (1961–2020)}}

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Salim Moin

| image = Salim Moin.JPG

| image_size = 200

| caption = Salim Moin with Woodlands Wellington in 2012.

| fullname = Salim Bin Moin

| birth_date = 26 September 1961

| birth_place = Singapore

| death_date = 6 November 2020 (aged 59)

| death_place = Singapore

| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1979–1993

| clubs1 = Singapore FA

| caps1 = 176

| goals1 = 63

| nationalyears1 =

| nationalteam1 = Singapore

| manageryears1 = 2006–2007

| managerclubs1 = Gombak United

| manageryears2 = 2009–2010

| managerclubs2 = National Football Academy (coach)

| manageryears3 = 2011

| managerclubs3 = Balestier Khalsa

| manageryears4 = 2012–2013

| managerclubs4 = Woodlands Wellington

| manageryears5 = 2014

| managerclubs5 = Tampines Rovers

| managerclubs6 = Woodlands Wellington

| manageryears6 = 2014

| managerclubs7 = Hougang United

| manageryears7 = 2015

| manageryears8 = 2019 |managerclubs8 = Hougang United (assistant manager)

| club-update = 25 March 2015

}}

Salim bin Moin (26 September 1961 – 6 November 2020) was a Singaporean footballer who played for the Singapore national football team and managed S.League side Hougang United.

He played for the Lions in the Malaysia Cup during the 1980s alongside stars such as David Lee, Terry Pathmanathan, S. Anthonysamy, Malek Awab and Borhan Abu Samah. During his playing career, Salim served a six-year ban from 1984 for assaulting referee M. Kunalan in a President's Cup match between Jubilee and Farrer Park United in September 1983; the ban was lifted at the end of 1986 following a successful third appeal.{{cite news| title=Still out in the cold| newspaper=The Straits Times| page=37| date=31 December 1986}}

Coaching career

After retiring, Salim started his coaching career with NFL side Tampines SC at the end of the 1996.

Salim spent two seasons with Gombak United as their Prime League and senior team coach before he joined National Football Academy for two years in 2009-2010.{{cite news|last1=Laura|first1=Chia|title=Obituary: Former Lions star Salim Moin dies at 59|publisher=Laura Chia|agency=Straits Times|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/sport/football/obituary-former-lions-star-salim-moin-dies-at-59|accessdate=7 November 2020}} At the end of his NFA contract, he joined Balestier Khalsa Football Club, first as an assistant coach to Nasaruddin Jalil for the 2010 season, and as head coach for their 2011 season. In 2012, he replaced R. Balasubramaniam as the head coach of Woodlands Wellington FC,{{cite news |title=2012 S-League Preview |url=http://www.espnstar.com/football/asian-football/news/detail/item749018/S-League-2012-Preview/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120730170102/http://www.espnstar.com/football/asian-football/news/detail/item749018/S-League-2012-Preview/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=2012-07-30 }} who were seeking to rejuvenate their squad after two disappointing seasons as recipients of consecutive wooden spoons.

Several players from Balestier also followed Salim after his switch to Woodlands, including young midfielders Armanizam Dolah, Shamsurin Abdul Rahman and K. Sathiaraj, as well as custodian Ahmadulhaq Che Omar, who was back with a second stint at the northern club.

Although the Rams finished last with their third successive wooden spoon in as many seasons during their first season under Salim, he was working with players who were chosen under former Woodlands coach, R. Balasubramaniam. After a major clearout of the team following the end of the 2012 season, he was given a chance to transfer in some of his preferred players for the 2013 season. He has also targeted a top six finish for the club during a pre-season interview in December 2012,{{cite news |title=Salim: Expect A More Attack-Oriented Woodlands in 2013 |url=http://woodlandswellingtonfc.blogspot.sg/2012/12/salim-expect-more-attack-oriented_2140.html/ |publisher=Woodlands Wellington Football Club }} which is a higher target than the top eight finish set by the club a month earlier.{{cite news |title=Tay assures supporters of Rams' participation in 2013 S.League, targets top 8 finish |url=http://woodlandswellingtonfc.blogspot.sg/2012/11/tay-assures-supporters-of-rams.html/ |publisher=Woodlands Wellington Football Club}}

Appointed as Tampines Rovers head coach at the start of the 2014 season,{{Cite web|url=http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/salim-moin-coach-tampines-rovers/|title=Salim Moin to coach Tampines Rovers|access-date=2014-01-12|archive-date=2014-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112133745/http://news.asiaone.com/news/sports/salim-moin-coach-tampines-rovers|url-status=dead}} Salim only lasts until 27 April 2014, when he resigned as Tampines coach following the club's exit from the 2014 AFC Cup.{{cite news|last=Dan|first=Guen Chin|title=Rafi Ali to lead Tampines Rovers|url=http://www.todayonline.com/sports/rafi-ali-lead-tampines-rovers|newspaper=Today|date=28 April 2014}}

Salim made his return to Woodlands Wellington as head coach in June 2014, replacing sacked Darren Stewart.{{Cite web|date=2014-06-18|title=S.League: Stewart out, Salim back with Rams|url=https://www.asiaone.com/sleague-stewart-out-salim-back-rams|access-date=2022-02-23|website=AsiaOne|language=en}} After the merger of Woodlands Wellington with Hougang United in 2015, Salim was announced as the new head coach of Hougang United.{{cite web | url=http://www.sleague.com/news-features/news/2015/february/hougang-united-to-retain-name-after-merger/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150225044149/http://www.sleague.com/news-features/news/2015/february/hougang-united-to-retain-name-after-merger/ | url-status=usurped | archive-date=February 25, 2015 | title=S League }} Towards the end of that season, Salim was replaced by K. Balagumaran, as Hougang would eventually finished last in the table.{{Cite web|url=https://tnp.straitstimes.com/sports/singapore-football/new-hougang-coach-balagumaran-targets-revival-2016|title=New Hougang coach Balagumaran targets revival in 2016|first=David|last=Lee|date=November 5, 2015|website=The New Paper}}

International goals

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
class="wikitable"
1.	rowspan=4\| 1 June 1983	rowspan=5\| Kallang, Singapore	rowspan=4\| {{fb\|PHI}}	align=center\|2–0	rowspan=4 align=center\| 5–0	rowspan=5\| 1983 SEA Games
2.	align=center\|3–0
3.	align=center\|4–0
4.	align=center\|5–0
5.	4 June 1983	{{fb\|BRU}}	align=center\|4–0	align=center\| 4–0

Death

Salim died on 6 November 2020 at age 59 due to a heart attack.

Coaching career statistics

=League career statistics=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col"\| Club !scope="col"\| Season !scope="col"\| P !scope="col"\| W !scope="col"\| D !scope="col"\| L !scope="col"\| Win %
scope="row" style="text-align: left;"\|{{flagicon\|Singapore}} Balestier Khalsa \|2011 {{WDL\|decimals=2\|24\|7\|5\|12}}
rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align: left;" \|{{flagicon\|Singapore}} Woodlands Wellington \|2012 {{WDL\|decimals=2\|24\|3\|5\|16}}
2013 {{WDL\|decimals=2\|14\|4\|5\|5}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

scope="col"| Club

!scope="col"| Season

!scope="col"| P

!scope="col"| W

!scope="col"| D

!scope="col"| L

!scope="col"| Win %

scope="row" style="text-align: left;"|{{flagicon|Singapore}} Balestier Khalsa

|2011

rowspan="2" scope="row" style="text-align: left;" |{{flagicon|Singapore}} Woodlands Wellington

|2012